A rich girl is in love with her father-in-law 's librarian. The wealthy man wants her to marry a military man but she's not prepared to accept it. She rebels and marries the poor guy. This young man has a cousin, who seems secretly in love with him but in fact we 'll never know what she feels. This mysterious sad woman, always dressed in black, gives her relative a strange box which seems to be a bad luck charm. The hand of fate seems on the newlyweds now:the husband involuntarily causes a car crash: his wife is killed.
as Jean Ménétrier
as Françoise
as Monsieur Bardolas
as Amélie
as Montboron
as Poncet, insurer
as Old peasant
as Pierre Calmiran, insurer
as Gérard Tibur
as Françoise's father
as Doctor
as Bardolas' secretary
as Architect
as Monsieur Goulard, foreman
as Real estate agent
as Madame Bardolas
as Michèle
